Let me start off by saying this: My stats may be low, but my passion for this school is rampant.
Okay, now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s start!
I am a white male from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Overall, my parents earn over $250,000 a year, so I don’t expect to receive any financial aid, which I am completely fine with. I attend a competitive public high school (Top 50 in the state, I believe), and I plan to apply to Newhouse as an Advertising major
Side Note: I plan on being the next Don Draper in the advertising industry. Sure, I come off as cocky, but I am just extremely passionate about my future career, and I KNOW that SU Newhouse can get me to where I NEED to be!
Anyways, here are my stats!
Weighted GPA: 3.25
ACT Composite: 30
ACT Superscore Composite: 31 (I do believe SU superscores the ACT)
No class rank, as my school doesn’t report one. I believe I am in the top 30-40% of my class though. Like I said, it’s an extremely competitive public school.
Tanked my freshman year due to personal anxiety and adjustment issues (test anxiety, etc.) Never quite recovered from this, although my GPA has consistently gone up every year.
ECs:
- Over 600 HOURS of community service (Boy Scouts, volunteer trips, etc.)
- Eagle Scout candidate (finishing up my service project now… shooting a video for elementary schoolers on proper library behavior)
- Best Buddies - 2 Years (Buddy Coordinator)
- Gazebo Creative Writing Organization - 2 Years (Secretary)
- Service trip to Costa Rica in which I volunteered over 45 hours (This is already included in my community service hours, which I mentioned earlier)
- Swim Team - 3 Years (Manager for 1 Year)
- Lead actor in NOAC 2015 theme and closing shows - Spent over 90 hours preparing to perform in front of 15,000 Boy Scouts, adults, and other staff members at Michigan State University
- Two-week Marketing/Advertising internship with a healthcare firm in Saratoga Springs, NY. I created a presentation which my team then used to pitch an idea to a client (I essentially designed a TON of advertisements)
- Lifeguard at local YMCA - 2 Years (8 hours a week)
- Swim Instructor at the same YMCA - 1 Year (4 hours a week)
- Been active in my Boy Scout troop for 7 Years. I'm an ASPL (one wrung under the "leader" of the troop), and as I've said, I am finishing my Eagle Scout project
RIGOROUS SCHEDULE (At least to me)
- Have taken 7 APs total, all of the rest having been Honors
- AP Human Geography
- AP United States History
- AP Psychology
- AP European History
- AP Government
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Environmental Science
Currently taking Micro and Envi Sci this year. As I mentioned, everything else has been an Honors course. Math is my weak point. I have an active senior-year course load. This is all I can really handle, with everything else.
Essays: All of them PHENOMENAL. Writing is my card. I am NOT a Jack-of-All-Trades.
Recommendations: One AMAZING teacher recommendation, One “regular” teacher recommendation, Guidance Counselor recommendation (he knows me well, and how motivated I am to learn and to challenge myself)
Thank you very much for doing this, if you have indeed taken the time to read and respond to this. I am very passionate about Advertising, and I really do plan to use SU as a gateway to my ~hopefully~ golden future.
Thanks so much everyone, and good night!